AirAsia QZ8501: SAR team’s sonar detects black boxes

PANGKALAN BUN: The sonar system of navigation vessel Jadayat has detected the black boxes of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Karimata Strait of the Java Sea near here.

“We can assure you that these are the black boxes from the plane because the sonar system has detected the ping,” Indonesian Military commander Gen. Moeldoko said aboard naval vessel KRI Banda Aceh on Friday, as quoted by kontan.co.id.